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IRS (see: tax exemption 1956): ... the federal tax agency sent the Church a letter withdrawing
their tax-exempt status on the ground that the exposition and propagation of "tenets set forth in the books of
L. Ron Hubbard, and related instruments of instruction relative to 'Scientology'
in training courses, clinical courses and otherwise" did not constitute an
exclusively religious or educational activity. (Garrison: Hidden
Story of Scientology, pg. 178)
Arthur Conway Hubbard born.
(The Roots of Scientology)
Hubbard purchases and moves into Saint Hill Manor in East Grimstead,
Sussex, England. Formerly owned by the Maharajah of Jaipur it is was built
in 1733 by a wealthy landowner. (The Roots of Scientology)
The local paper, the "Courier" reports the "nuclear scientist, Dr.
Hubbard," was experimenting with the growing of vegetables. A picture of
Hubbard with an e-meter attached to a tomato plant appeared in "Garden
News," and when the British press heard about it there was a scramble to the
gates of St. Hill. This famous picture of Hubbard eventually found itself
into "Newsweek," magazine in the US.
(The Roots of Scientology)
... the U.S. Department of Justice took over the coordination of attacks.
Late that year, Assistant U.S. Attorney Edward Troxell met in his office with
Capt. Ernest Jefferson of the D.C. Police Department's Narcotics and Vice
Squad;
and representatives from the Post Office Department, the FDA, the
HEW, and U.S.
Army Intelligence.
The attendees at this preliminary coven drafted a master plan for the illegal
monitoring, entrapment, and ultimate destruction of the church. The various
schemes for "getting something on the Scientologists," discussed at
the meeting included placing mail covers on all the church mail; planting an AMA
physician spy in the church; setting up a phony correspondence course; an
inspection (actually, a warrantless search) of church premises by the FDA; and a
programme of surveillance, including electronic intrusion. (O. Garrison, Playing
Dirty, pg. 20)
   
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